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Date:      Sat, 07 Jan 2006 00:50:08 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        pav@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: New /bin/sh based script to manage ports
Message-ID:  <43BF80C0.2010108@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <1136501778.40648.17.camel@localhost>
References:  <43BCF31F.8050900@FreeBSD.org> <1136501778.40648.17.camel@localhost>

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Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> Doug Barton píše v čt 05. 01. 2006 v 02:21 -0800:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I've been working on a new script to manage ports. I've put up a web page 
>> about it at http://people.freebsd.org/~dougb/portmaster.html
> 
>> Comments welcome,
> 
> Looks nice. BTW flz was reimplementing portupgrade in /bin/sh some time
> ago, but his fairly advanced work never got published.

I imagine that would be a large, and painful task. :)

> Does it have an interactive mode (request confirmation from user before
> every upgrade)?

It doesn't now, but if there is demand for that, I can add it.

> s/shold/should/ typo

Thanks, this is fixed.

> Make it a port once you're happy with it.

Will do. I think I'll wait about a week or so to give more people a chance 
to review/test/etc.

> I'll let my workstation rot few days and once I have some interesting
> upgrading situation, I'll give it a whirl.

Great, I'll be interested in any feedback you might have.

Doug

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